Adelaide United to replace Force

New soccer club Adelaide United - wearing the South Australian colours of red, blue and yellow - will fill the vacancy left by Adelaide City Force in the national league.

The new outfit, coached by former Newcastle United and Brisbane Strikers coach John Kosmina, was launched on Friday.

Former Oceania confederation president and Soccer Australia chairman Basil Scarsella is president, with the club's administration to work in conjunction with the South Australian Soccer Federation.

Scarsella said his club would attract more broadly based public support than the Force, which had been criticised for being too heavily ensconced in Adelaide's Italian community.

"I think this is the team the South Australian public has been asking for for a long time," Scarsella told AAP.

"It's a broadly based team with the support of the public, corporate Adelaide and the government.

"The combination of support of those three groups should ensure the team is successful off the park."

He said there was a capacity for a much bigger following in Adelaide than the Force was able to attract, citing Perth Glory's marketing success as an example of what the club was aiming to do.

United will replace the Force in the NSL draw for the upcoming season, but its first three scheduled matches will be postponed, meaning it will not play until October 17, against Brisbane Strikers at Hindmarsh Stadium.

Scarsella said many of the Force players were expected to join the new club.

"Kosmina's also got a couple of players from interstate that he's talking to and some players from the local competition," he said.